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Rorvik brings the issue into the public arena and asks the more important question: should cloning be done? He presents his thoughts, those of Darwin and other respected scientists in a haphazard fashion, reflecting the uncertainties in his mind as he formulates the decision to seek out a researcher and...
ARE WE PROMETHEUS playing with fire, Rorvik asks, tampering with the forces of evolution, or is man, because of his ability to reason, meant to increase his chances of survival any way he can? Cloning could be used to duplicate Einsteins and Bruce Jenners. But it could also be used...
Cloning has numerous implications which scientists must consider. Science ethicists generally ask two basic questions: 1) Does the end justify the means if the research undermines our values and 2) is there knowledge with which we should not be trusted? Rorvik considers the possibility of experimentation with fetuses, lying to...
It is at this point that Rorvik goes wrong, and he should therefore be criticized for helping to conduct this secret cloning of a human. The scientific method demands public disclosure, guaranteeing that experiments can be repeated and results duplicated. Rorvik realizes that he is "undermining the traditional scientific ethics...
Like a red flag, cloning could alert the world to the awesome possibilities that loomed ahead and thus serve as a catalyst for public participation in the life-and-death decisions that might otherwise be left by default to the scientists--men and women who labored for the most part...